diff --git a/src/analyses/base.ml b/src/analyses/base.ml
index 80572a3b14..9352635dc5 100644
--- a/src/analyses/base.ml
+++ b/src/analyses/base.ml
@@ -223,7 +223,21 @@ struct
     | Bot -> Bot
     | _ -> VD.top ()
 
-  let binop_ID (result_ik: Cil.ikind) = function
+  let binop_ID (result_ik: Cil.ikind) =
+    (* Check the shift amount for negative values (undefined behavior in C), emitting
+       appropriate warnings/errors based on bounds analysis. *)
+    let check_shift_neg dir y =
+      match ID.minimal y, ID.maximal y with
+      | Some min_y, _ when Z.geq min_y Z.zero ->
+        Checks.safe Checks.Category.InvalidShift
+      | _, Some max_y when Z.lt max_y Z.zero ->
+        M.error ~category:M.Category.Behavior.Undefined.other ~tags:[CWE 758] "Shift-%s by negative amount is undefined behavior" dir;
+        Checks.error Checks.Category.InvalidShift "Shift-%s by negative amount is undefined behavior" dir
+      | _ ->
+        M.warn ~category:M.Category.Behavior.Undefined.other ~tags:[CWE 758] "Shift-%s by possibly negative amount may be undefined behavior" dir;
+        Checks.warn Checks.Category.InvalidShift "Shift-%s by possibly negative amount may be undefined behavior" dir
+    in
+    function
     | PlusA -> ID.add
     | MinusA -> ID.sub
     | Mult -> ID.mul
@@ -265,8 +279,14 @@ struct
     | BAnd -> ID.logand
     | BOr -> ID.logor
     | BXor -> ID.logxor
-    | Shiftlt -> ID.shift_left
-    | Shiftrt -> ID.shift_right
+    | Shiftlt ->
+      fun x y ->
+        check_shift_neg "left" y;
+        ID.shift_left x y
+    | Shiftrt ->
+      fun x y ->
+        check_shift_neg "right" y;
+        ID.shift_right x y
     | LAnd -> id_binary_log (&&) ~annihilator:false result_ik
     | LOr -> id_binary_log (||) ~annihilator:true result_ik
     | b -> (fun x y -> (ID.top_of result_ik))
diff --git a/tests/regression/98-bitwise-operations/09-shift-neg.c b/tests/regression/98-bitwise-operations/09-shift-neg.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..797f374162
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/regression/98-bitwise-operations/09-shift-neg.c
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// PARAM: --enable ana.int.interval
+#include <goblint.h>
+
+int main() {
+  int res;
+  int top;
+  int neg;
+
+  // Definitely negative shift amount: error
+  res = 8 << -2; //WARN
+
+  // Definitely negative shift amount in right shift: error
+  res = 8 >> -1; //WARN
+
+  // Non-negative shift amount: no warning
+  res = 8 << 2; //NOWARN
+  res = 8 >> 2; //NOWARN
+
+  // Zero shift amount: no warning
+  res = 8 << 0; //NOWARN
+  res = 8 >> 0; //NOWARN
+
+  // Possibly negative shift amount: warn
+  // (top is uninitialized, representing a non-deterministic value — a common convention in goblint tests)
+  if (top) { neg = -1; } else { neg = 1; }
+  res = 8 << neg; //WARN
+  res = 8 >> neg; //WARN
+
+  // Provably non-negative, bounded interval: no warning
+  // (pos_shift is [0,5] — non-negative and within valid shift range)
+  int pos_shift = 0;
+  if (top) { pos_shift = 5; }
+  res = 8 << pos_shift; //NOWARN
+  res = 8 >> pos_shift; //NOWARN
+
+  return 0;
+}